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Category Archives: Books
Octavia Spencer Set To Release Young Adult Series, Confuses Her Asian Cultures
Congratulations are in order for Academy Award winning actress, Octavia Spencer, who has just signed a book deal with Simon & Schuster to release two books aimed at young adults, inspired by classic investigative series like Nancy Drew. The problem? … Continue reading
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Narratives of the Vietnamese War & Diaspora
Compelling stories and powerful images allow us to remember or learn our histories. Here are three different narratives of the Vietnamese diaspora experience, expressed through three different mediums: a memoir essay, chlorophyl prints, and a novel.
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Studio Ghibli Howl’s Moving Castle Vs. Diana Wynne Jone’s Novel
http://youtu.be/MhaAj62njgs I’m a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki’s films. Usually, it’s really important for me to like a character of a story in order to like the story itself, and I don’t always like characters in Miyazaki’s films, but there’s … Continue reading
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“The Island Edge” by Tom Coffman
Hawaii. Simply say the word and you’ll think of a lush green state, possibly resplendent with luaus and hula girls. But what really happened in the history of the 50th state? What role did Asian Americans play? The popular history … Continue reading
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Why East Of Eden’s Lee Is My Favorite Asian American Character in Literature
My favorite pre-Asian American studies, pre-Asian American power, pre-civil rights fictional Asian American character is Lee from East of Eden (1952) by John Steinbeck. East of Eden is a long epic novel. So it’s difficult to try to encapsulate the … Continue reading
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Their Better Halves? Interracial Marriage Among Female Asian American Writers
By Leeland Lee Over the past few decades the canon of the Asian American experience has been built, in large part, from the work of contemporary female writers like Amy Tan, Maxine Hong Kingston and Gish Jen. More recent arrivals … Continue reading
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“Strangers From A Different Shore” by Ronald Takaki
Why did Asians immigrate to America? How did the model minority myth come about? Why is it that there seem to be more Japanese Americans in Hawaii than other parts of the United States? Whatever your level of APA knowledge, … Continue reading
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Racism On The Playground
With April being National Poetry Month, spring is poetry season, and this spring, while reading through Childhood’s Favorites and Fairy Stories, an anthology collected back 1927 in New York, I found this little poem, “Foreign Children” by Scottish novelist Robert … Continue reading
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Itsy Bitsy Stories: Culturally Diverse Books for Children
Children’s books are all the rage – in my house. We’re always looking for stories that veer away from the traditional Mother Goose rhymes or Brothers Grimm. I ran across this from Asian Week: “The ancient Chinese Zodiac comes to … Continue reading
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Lucky Peach magazine
The growing prevalence of food culture has put America long past the days of grilled cheese (-product) sandwiches and unfulfilling TV dinners. We know the difference between macaroon and macaron, that grass-fed beef tastes better, and why Monsanto needs to … Continue reading
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“The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake ($24.00) is a compelling and powerful novel about a Bengali son who struggles with his identity as both an Asian American and a Bangladeshi. The novel takes you through his life from childhood to end, and shares the … Continue reading
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VIRAL LIKE SARS: Reddit Makes Dying Friend’s Wish Come True
Sometimes good can come out of the Internet and sometimes, a young man with a terminal illness has his dream come true. Colton Jang, under the user name Kivakid, posted on Reddit searching for an advanced copy of Harry Turtledove’s … Continue reading
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